Middle English Dictionary Entry
strīnd(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | strīnd(e n.(2) Also strend(e, (early SWM) strund(e, strunðe; pl. (early SWM) strunden. |
| Etymology | OE strȳnd |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. strand n., stren n.
1.
(a) A clan, race; (b) lineage, stock; ben boren (comen) of ~, comen oute of ~; (c) an offspring; progeny; also fig.; (d) a generation; from ~ in ~; (e) the nature of a person's intent or purpose.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)1368 : He heom wolde ȝeuen..his monnen..þa weoren in Lumbardie of heore strund.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)49/529 : Wel bisemeð þe to beon & bikimeð to beo streon of a swuch strunde [Roy: strunðe].
b
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)2144 : Our lauedi mari, als we find, Com vte o þis sem strind.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)10162 : Sir Ioachim o kinges kind Was commin, and of dauit strind [Trin-C: rote] Born he was.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)3 : How he was borne, whare, of what strynde..here is made mynde.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)588 : He was curtayse and kynde, Commyn of noble strynde.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)384 : Verray prince to wyn vs pes was comen al of þat self strynde.
- a1500(?c1450) Florence (Cmb Ff.2.38)2172 : The emperowre and hys wyfe In yoye..lad þer lyfe, That were comyn of gentyl strynde.
- 1591(?a1425) Chester Pl.(Hnt HM 2)182/204 : Of noe mans strynde ys hee.
c
- ?c1225 Ancr.(Cleo C.6)25/6 : Þet þu wite me wið ham [seven deadly sins] & alle heore strunden.
- ?a1425 Ihesu þi swetnes (RwlPoet 175)27 : As moder, of him I may mak mynde, Þat..with baptym wesched þe strynd Þat fyled was wyth Adam dede.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5104 : Sire Alexander, þe athilest of Amons strinds..To ȝour honoure..me..I comaunde.
- ?c1450 St.Cuth.(Eg 3309)221 : Þou ert kyng strynde left all one.
c
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)9.28 : Noght sal I wende With-outen iuel fra strend in strende.
e
- c1450 3 KCol.(2) (Add 31042)248 : His entent was of anoþer strynde.